[Whonix-devel] [qubes-users] Whonix Tor Browser Starter safest setting fails

Thu Sep 19 10:27:00 CEST 2019

'b17b7bdb' via qubes-users:
> - JavaScript is ALLOWED on selected sites.
> To view these sites click on the NoScript Preferences button in the about:addons page and then select the Per-Site Permissions tab.

Whonix source code doesn't write literally googlevideo, netflix,
outlook, etc. anywhere. It does not do anything to give special
treatment to any websites.

By policy, for simplicity, clean implementation and whatnot, the
"inside" of Tor Browser isn't modified by Whonix. This is elaborated here:

 https://www.whonix.org/wiki/FAQ#Does_Whonix_Change_Default_Tor_Browser_Settings.3F

Tor Browser upstream issue. Bug report written just now.

wipe all mentions of netflix, paypal, youtube, ... from noscript in Tor
Browser

https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/31798

See also:

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2015/07/01/researchers-point-out-the-holes-in-noscripts-default-whitelist/

https://thehackerblog.com/the-noscript-misnomer-why-should-i-trust-vjs-zendcdn-net/

>From noscript FAQ:

Q: What websites are in the default whitelist and

https://noscript.net/faq#qa1_5

Q: What is a trusted site?

https://noscript.net/faq#qa1_11

Whonix forum discussion:

https://forums.whonix.org/t/noscript-with-security-slider-at-safest-permits-around-30-sites/8160

Cheers,
Patrick